• lath@piefed.social
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        19 days ago

        Cassandra Gay Peterson

        Spouse Mark Pierson (m. 1981; div. 2003)

        Partner Teresa Wierson (2002–present)

        Are we sure her husband didn’t transition?

        • Midnitte@beehaw.org
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          Probably separated from her husband earlier than 2003 and began dating Teresa prior to divorce.

          Divorce can take a significant amount of time (have a friend who separated, started dating another person, got pregnant, and gave birth before the divorce was complete).

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          I suppose div.2003 stands for divorce, plus the two timespans overlap, so it wouldn’t make sense

          • Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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            Yeah, because a woman has never continued pretending to be a man in some situations while openly identifying as a woman in others for the sake of safety or convenience. So anyone spending any effort investigating that would be wasting their time.

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              Considering the date (23 years ago) and the fact that it’s on wikipedia, I think if that were the case it would be written differently, then again no wikipedia page for either name so please do research and tell me if I’m wrong

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          Trying not to get into transgestigation territory, but her husband was significantly taller than current partner.

          Sidenote: they are all very good looking people, I never imagined that Elvira is a redhead irl